/**
 * @version 1.0
 * @author David Dahlstroem | daviddahlstroem.com
 * 
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2009 David Dahlstroem | daviddahlstroem.com
 * 
 * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
 * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
 * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
 * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
 * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
 * 
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 * 
 * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
 * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
 * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
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 *
 */

package org.tractionas3.events 
{
	import flash.events.IEventDispatcher;
	/**
	 * IClearableEventDispatcher is an interface used for event dispatchers that are clearable.
	 */
	public interface IClearableEventDispatcher extends IEventDispatcher 
	{
		/**
		 * Removes all event listeners from the IClearableEventDispatcher object.
		 */
		function removeAllEventListeners():uint;
		
		/**
		 * Removes all event listenres from the IClearableEventDispatcher with specified type.
		 */
		
		function removeEventListenersWithType(type:String):uint;
		
		/**
		 * Removes all event listenres from the IClearableEventDispatcher with specified listener.
		 */
		
		function removeEventListenersOf(listener:Function):uint;
		
		/**
		 * Indicates the number of total event listerers added to the IClearableEventDispatcher object.
		 */
		
		function get numEventListeners():uint;
	}
}
